कोशवानप्यपक्षः क्षयव्ययानुग्रहहीनत्वान्न कुतश्चित्प्राप्नोति ॥ कZ_०७.११.३० ॥
kośavān apy apakṣaḥ kṣayavyayānugrahahīnatvān na kutaścit prāpnoti
Even with a treasury, one who lacks a ‘party/wing’ (support-base) gains nothing from anywhere, because he is without relief against losses and expenditures.
Money is necessary but not sufficient; without institutional and political support, fiscal shocks cannot be absorbed or converted into outcomes.